Kinderthemes Back to School
The details for this site are simple, as is its presentation. It’s essentially a checklist for the first day at school, and the more you have of those the better! In addition to must-pack items to make the moment come and go smoother, Kinderthemes adds activities that are so friendly [...]

December Boys
A surefire sentimental jaunt, this film conveys the touching drama of four orphaned boys of various ages, all born in the titular December, who must face the realities of competitive life when the possibility of adoption finally emerges – but only for one of them. Set in 1960’s Australia and based on [...]

Halo 3
Probably the biggest game to come out on any platform this season, Halo 3 sees the third chapter in the celebrated action franchise, with the mysterious Master Chief once more on the frontlines in the name of freedom and all things decent. This entry promises to make the most of better visuals [...]

Discovering SuperCroc
The first day of school doesn’t have to be a bore if you take the plunge and travel back in time. Millions of years, actually, to an epoch when monstrously large lizards roamed the earth and had each other for dinner. Not appetizing? Take a gander at this book, focused on one [...]

Eric Zhang, a Grade 4 student at Beijing BISS International School has found a way to improve his English by playing games on computer. Everyday after school, he will spend 50 minutes before the computer, playing the English language games in a newly launched school program called Fast ForWord. Now he is at Reading 3 level.

Developing a child’s character and creative thinking through art classes has become a popular new approach in early childhood education. Developed by a group of early childhood education experts and child psychologists in South Korea in 1998, the babyArt program focuses on fostering children’s imaginative power and creative thinking through its tailored art courses…

“Leave a Boy In School, but You Won’t Make Him Think” The Australian 17.7.01 Is it a war on boys? In all Western cultures boys are not achieving as well as the girls in many areas of education, and evidence would suggest that this gap is widening.

I recently attended the closing ceremony of a five week gathering of young scientists in Beijing that brought together people from almost every country in the world. These were young people who have graduated; some are working on their masters or doctors degrees, some young scholars, researchers. They all shared a common interest: astronomy, astrophysics, engineering, etc.